Caring for People with Learning Disabilities: A guide for non-specialist nurses
By Chris Barber
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“…an enjoyable, touching and inspirational read for all those involved in the lives of people with learning disabilities”
Caring for People with Learning Disabilities is a concise introduction to the subject which covers all aspects of the care and support of the learning disabilities patient, for the non-specialist.
All people with learning disabilities are entitled to the same high standard of care as people who do not have a learning disability and to have their health and care needs met in full. The vast majority of student nurses, practising nurses and healthcare professionals are not learning disability specialists, but they still need to provide care for patients with learning disabilities, often for health needs that are not related to the person’s disability.
The book covers a wide range of issues and aims to:
- Improve knowledge and understanding of what learning disability is and what it means to live with a learning disability.
- Provide practical advice and suggestions to improve the quality of care provided to people with learning disabilities.
Written in a jargon-free style, the book has numerous practical examples and case studies to help the reader frame the special requirements of the learning disabilities patient in the healthcare setting.
This book will help nurses and carers improve their understanding of learning disability and provide the high quality care to which people with learning disabilities are entitled.
Chris Barber
Chris Barber is a registered nurse (learning disabilities), qualifying as such in December 1989, and he holds an MEd from the University of Birmingham in special educational needs (autism). He has worked as a nurse, as a visiting lecturer in learning disability nursing at Birmingham City University, and for the eleven years up to 2021 as a full-time care-giver for his late wife. Chris is a parent of a young man who is on the autism spectrum, and he himself was diagnosed at the end of 2008 as being ‘high-functioning autistic’. Chris sits on the editorial boards of the British Journal of Nursing, the British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, and the British Journal of Health Care Assistants and has written a number of articles and papers on a wide variety of subjects including learning disabilities, care givers, spirituality and autism. He is the author of Autism and Asperger’s Conditions, published by Quay Books in 2011.
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